The True Story of Alcibiades.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 13002 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 176 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2009 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251040059 |
Alcibiades (451-404) is one of the most controversial figures of Greek antiquity. Nephew of Pericles, descendant of the great Alcmaeonid family, Alcibiades disturbs as much as he fascinates. Frequenting Socrates, he plays more the arrogant dandy than the philosopher, especially since his beauty and charm earn him the pursuit of a crowd of women. An excellent orator, endowed with a first-rate intelligence, he burns with unbridled ambition. Disappointed at not having been involved in the negotiations during the Peace of Nicias (421), he intrigues to obtain leadership of the Sicilian expedition against Syracuse (415), which ends in disaster. Compromised in the parody of the Eleusinian Mysteries, he flees and takes refuge with the Spartan enemy (412), becoming their advisor. Then, he returned triumphantly to his homeland in 407, buoyed by his military successes, where the city, under the domination of the oligarchs since their coup of 411, granted him full powers. Ultimately, it was the Thirty Tyrants who convinced the Spartans to have him assassinated. As a precaution. In 404 BC, Athens was defeated and subjected to the harsh law of the Spartans. It was also in this year that Alcibiades died. He may not have shared democracy's convictions. At least, he followed its destiny, in one of its most difficult chapters, but one of its most brilliant. Plutarch, Thucydides, Lysias, Andocides, Plato, Xenophon, Aristophanes, Athenaeus, Isocrates, Diodorus Siculus, and Cornelius Nepos tell us about it.
Alcibiades (451-404) is one of the most controversial figures of Greek antiquity. Nephew of Pericles, descendant of the great Alcmaeonid family, Alcibiades disturbs as much as he fascinates. Frequenting Socrates, he plays more the arrogant dandy than the philosopher, especially since his beauty and charm earn him the pursuit of a crowd of women. An excellent orator, endowed with a first-rate intelligence, he burns with unbridled ambition. Disappointed at not having been involved in the negotiations during the Peace of Nicias (421), he intrigues to obtain leadership of the Sicilian expedition against Syracuse (415), which ends in disaster. Compromised in the parody of the Eleusinian Mysteries, he flees and takes refuge with the Spartan enemy (412), becoming their advisor. Then, he returned triumphantly to his homeland in 407, buoyed by his military successes, where the city, under the domination of the oligarchs since their coup of 411, granted him full powers. Ultimately, it was the Thirty Tyrants who convinced the Spartans to have him assassinated. As a precaution. In 404 BC, Athens was defeated and subjected to the harsh law of the Spartans. It was also in this year that Alcibiades died. He may not have shared democracy's convictions. At least, he followed its destiny, in one of its most difficult chapters, but one of its most brilliant. Plutarch, Thucydides, Lysias, Andocides, Plato, Xenophon, Aristophanes, Athenaeus, Isocrates, Diodorus Siculus, and Cornelius Nepos tell us about it.